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www.company.comWGG Girl Advocates 2012-2013• Cristina Selby, Laila Morgan, Carmel Bendit-Shtull,Anita Benn, Julia Lee and Kimberly Huang.• All contributed to the monthly meeting, girls’ tribunal andWGG sponsored side events throughout CSW 57• Cristina Selby was a member of the Steering Group.• Cristina made a statement during the breakfast tolaunch the Day of the Girls and delivered the oralstatement during CSW 57• Cristina is ‘Twitter in Chief’• Caroline Christie left for college in Scotland inSeptember 2012 but was present throughout CSW 57.

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www.company.comWGG Statement to Commissions• Germaine Price and Anne Kelly prepared a statement on behalfof the membership to the Commission on Social Development• “Girls (0-18), in particular, comprising a seventh of the world’s population (UnitedStates Census Bureau), suffer multiple disadvantages because of discrimination,violence and exclusion, and as such have limited capacity to control or changetheir lives. Yet a mounting body of evidence suggests that unlocking the potentialof this particular section of the global population is a powerful means of achievingpoverty eradication and social integration. …” E/CN.5/2013/NGO/3• Yvonne Rafferty together with the Research and Writing Taskforces prepared the WGG Statement for CSW 57• “girls are denied their political, economic, social and cultural rights and subjectedto behaviours that hinder their physical, psychological, spiritual, social andemotional development. We highlight research on victims of violence in the formsof harmful and traditional practices, and trafficking of girls for commercial sexualexploitation. …” E/CN.6/2013/NGO/149

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www.company.comWGG Application to UN TrustFund Grant to End ViolenceAgainst Women2012 Call for Proposals• WGG Steering Group worked on and submittedan extensive application in January 2013

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www.company.comGRATITUDESalvation Army for facilities for meetings and during CSW.Bahai for meeting space – for meetings and steering groupRima Salah – Friend, Mentor LeaderSpecial Donors - Eleanor Schlesinger and Caroline DonovanYour Organizations who bring girls to CSW and sponsor eventsOrganizations who contributed to the Girls Tribunal

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www.company.comDr. Kyle Pruett, Yale School of Medicine’s Child StudyCenter and Marsha Kline Pruett, Smith college School ofSocial Work – June 2013

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www.company.comOctober 11, 2012Scenes from the International Day of the Girl Celebration

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www.company.comhttp://girlsrights.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Day-of-the-Girl.pdfDAYOF THE GIRLTOOLKIT“…Now, two years later, I amgoing o to university more conﬁdent in myﬀknowledge of issues andtopics a ecting girls all over the world andﬀwith the understanding ofwhat I want to study and do in the future. Asa last project before going o to school, I’veﬀput together this toolkit so I can share whatIvelearned - because educated girls arehealthier, stronger, and more powerful andare the key to change in this world we livein.

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www.company.comDpiBriefingWGGPreventing ChildExploitation atMajor EventsUNICEFPanelBreakfastsponsored bythe Ambassadorof Turkey H.E.Ertu rulğApakanMichelle Bachelet, ExecutiveDirector of UN Women launches11 day lead up to the first everDay of the Girl. (Video )Join Us LIVE on Thursday, October 11th at7:00PM for the Day of the Girl CelebrationBroadcast! We have been SUPER busying gettingready for our Virtual Summit and LIVE Broadcaston 10.11.12 at 7:00PM EST - and let me tell you, itis going to be AMAZING!